The continued threat of emerging flaviviruses

TC Pierson, MS Diamond - Nature microbiology, 2020 - nature.com
Flaviviruses are vector-borne RNA viruses that can emerge unexpectedly in human
populations and cause a spectrum of potentially severe diseases including hepatitis …

Zika virus infection—after the pandemic

D Musso, AI Ko, D Baud - New England Journal of Medicine, 2019 - Mass Medical Soc
Zika Virus and Its Associated Diseases Zika is a mosquito-borne flavivirus that can cause
congenital defects, including microcephaly. Although most Zika virus infections are …

The emergence of Zika virus and its new clinical syndromes

TC Pierson, MS Diamond - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
Zika virus (ZIKV) is a mosquito-transmitted flavivirus that has emerged as a global health
threat because of its potential to generate explosive epidemics and ability to cause …

History and emergence of Zika virus

DJ Gubler, N Vasilakis, D Musso - The Journal of infectious …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Zika virus was discovered in East Africa in 1947 by the Rockefeller Foundation during
investigations on the ecology of yellow fever. Although it was subsequently shown to have …

Maternal-fetal transmission and adverse perinatal outcomes in pregnant women infected with Zika virus: prospective cohort study in French Guiana

L Pomar, M Vouga, V Lambert, C Pomar, N Hcini… - bmj, 2018 - bmj.com
Objectives To estimate the rates of maternal-fetal transmission of Zika virus, adverse
fetal/neonatal outcomes, and subsequent rates of asymptomatic/symptomatic congenital …

Unexpected outbreaks of arbovirus infections: lessons learned from the Pacific and tropical America

D Musso, AJ Rodriguez-Morales, JE Levi… - The Lancet Infectious …, 2018 - thelancet.com
Pandemic arboviruses have emerged as a major global health problem in the past four
decades. Predicting where and when the next arbovirus epidemic will occur is a challenge …

Zika virus

S Masmejan, D Musso, M Vouga, L Pomar… - Pathogens, 2020 - mdpi.com
Zika virus (ZIKV), a neurotropic single-stranded RNA flavivirus, remains an important cause
of congenital infection, fetal microcephaly, and Guillain-Barré syndrome in populations …

Drugs for the treatment of Zika virus infection

JA Bernatchez, LT Tran, J Li, Y Luan… - Journal of medicinal …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Zika virus is an emerging flavivirus that causes the neurodevelopmental congenital Zika
syndrome and that has been linked to the neuroinflammatory Guillain–Barré syndrome. The …

Dengue and Zika viruses: Epidemiological history, potential therapies, and promising vaccines

NM Silva, NC Santos, IC Martins - Tropical medicine and infectious …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Dengue virus (DENV), which can lead to fatal hemorrhagic fever, affects 390 million people
worldwide. The closely related Zika virus (ZIKV) causes microcephaly in newborns and …

Envelope protein glycosylation mediates Zika virus pathogenesis

DL Carbaugh, RS Baric, HM Lazear - Journal of virology, 2019 - Am Soc Microbiol
Zika virus (ZIKV) is an emerging mosquito-borne flavivirus. Recent ZIKV outbreaks have
produced serious human disease, including neurodevelopmental malformations (congenital …